Dear The Right, this is what happens when you make abortion inaccessible.

(And aside from fears of damaging side effects taking place without the oversight of medical personnel, I don’t think it’s a half-bad option.) For Privacy’s Sake, Taking Risks to End Pregnancy By JENNIFER 8. LEE and CARA BUCKLEY, The New York Times, January 5, 2009 Amalia Dominguez was 18 and desperate and knew exactly what [...]

Pharmacists: Just get a new job if you won’t prescribe Plan B

Feministing posted an email from a woman that works as a pharmacist for Walmart, who explains that her conservative male colleague illegally requested that the store not even supply emergency contraceptive Plan B.  What is shocking is that their manager complied. Although the pharmacists are not required to dispense the ‘morning-after pill,’ they are required [...]

Ladies: take a drug for your depression, and then get some Viagra

Pfizer has just figured out how to make more money off Viagra: Give it to women that suffer a reduced sexual appetite due to consumption of antidepressants. The company has completed a small-scale study that would require corroboration with a much larger sample. But the small study indicates that among women that took antidepressants for [...]

Abortion proposal, condom use, US executions of Mexican citizens, and PEPFAR funding

I get my news from a variety of sources, some of which are dubious although most are reputable. Here are a lot of things that I’ve been thinking about today: Abortion Proposal Sets Condition on Aid: Though there is some denial that this draft proposal even exists, it seems clear that the USG is still [...]